The New York City Council has unanimously adopted Resolution No. 669, which "calls upon City agencies to use their funding and regulatory power to support and encourage the provision of affordable high-speed Internet service and computer purchases for the benefit of residents of affordable housing."

Gale Brewer, the chair of the city council's Committee on Technology in Government, comments on the need for affordable broadband access: "This resolution will help us bridge the digital divide -- lack of access to the economic, educational and financial tools that the Internet provides. By encouraging new affordable housing developments to be built with high-speed Internet access, we can accelerate the entry of low-income people into the economic mainstream. At a cost as low as $175 a unit, this is an investment New York can't afford not to make."

To learn more about other initiatives to bring technology to lower-income citizens in NYC, check out the Web site for One Economy Corporation.